General, there is a demon [Rebirth]

Three days later, the army with all supplies set off again, taking the road of the desert.

Fortunately, the desert is not as hot as summer in early spring, and the guide who took the initiative to find the door is indeed reliable. Regardless of the direction to find the water source, almost every sentence has been fulfilled in the past few days. The soldiers even recommended it to His Highness. This person has a grudge, so he is relieved at this moment.

As the sun sets in the west, the afterglow of the setting sun falls, and the vast desert reflects the dim light. With the wind blowing, the layers of sand and soil sparkle like an endless river.

On the camel, the elderly guide slowly slowed down, raised his hand to cover his forehead and squinted his eyes to look into the distance. After a long while, he turned the camel around, walked two steps quickly to the head prince and whispered.

After Huo Changying listened, he discussed with Xiao Duo beside him for a while, then waved his hand to stop the team, and said loudly, "Set up camp and rest for the night."

The team stopped slowly, and the well-trained army immediately set up camp.

And the guide was still observing the surrounding terrain, his ears hidden under the hood moved slightly, as if he was listening carefully to the subtle sounds in the air.

Huo Changying got off the camel's back, smiled silently, and sent a voice transmission to himself: "Thank you for your hard work, Huanhuan."

Hearing this, the guide who was observing his surroundings with a serious face moved his ears nimbly, like a fox shaking its fluffy ears. While no one was paying attention, he turned around and quickly stuck out his tongue at Huo Changying.

Huo Changying: "..."

Huo Changying, who was drinking water, almost coughed, Huan Huan found them that day, and said that Princess Ashina knew that they had to go through the desert, so she was worried about their safety, and Huan Huan also wanted to go to Yong'an City to play, Then he chased after him.

Huan Huan grew up in the desert since he was a child, so he is very familiar with the desert terrain in this area. In order to convince people, Huan Huan turned into an old guide to lead them the way.

At this moment, Huan Huan in front of Huo Changying was wrinkled and hunched, yet he made such a girly expression. The contrast was really...too horrifying.

"When I get back to Yong'an City, I want to eat the roast chicken from Jufulou a few more times!"

Fantasizing about Huo Changying's expression, his tone was even more smug, with the seriousness and calmness that an old guide should have on his face, and then he went to the sand dunes not far away to watch the sky without looking back.

Huo Changying smiled in his heart and agreed, then turned around and went to look for Xiao Duo together.

The place where the army camped was on a sandy mountain sheltered from the wind. The smoke from the kitchen was straight, the setting sun was round, and the golden afterglow soaked the vast desert.

Lu Tingyan was sitting alone on a small sand dune in a shelter, holding a straw that he grabbed from nowhere, and was scratching on the sand, his eyebrows and eyes were downcast, and he looked preoccupied.

"Why?" The young man's clear voice sounded behind him, "The result you found is not satisfactory?"

Hearing that Lu Tingyan's body froze, he didn't know whether it was because he didn't expect this person to come to him, or it was because of what this person said.

After a while, he turned his head, with his usual cynical expression on his face again, shaking the withered straw in his hand, "A mere soldier, what can I do, I just eat my fill, wear warm clothes, and do my best."

The deliberately elongated tone is like the dandy next to the flower building who molested the good family, but the eyes of the people in front of him are not as confused as before.

Huo Changying knew that the Lu Tingyan in front of him was no longer the famous wanderer in Yong'an City. In the past few days, there had been constant wars, and Lu Tingyan was also growing rapidly, and a trace of blood and responsibility had been tempered by killing.

Shaking his head noncommittally, Huo Changying handed him the water bag in his hand: "It's cold at night, and spirits can keep out the cold."

Lu Tingyan did not refuse, took it and raised his head and took a big gulp, then heard Huo Changying say again: "This time when you return to Yong'an, you must already know the answer you are looking for, and regarding this trip, I hope you will keep your promise."

Needless to say, both of them understood.

Huo Changying looked at Lu Tingyan, he didn't know why the eldest son of the Lu family came to Baicheng alone, and he didn't know why he changed, but seeing his expression, he guessed that he had found the answer he wanted.

Frontier strong wine is spicy, unlike Yong'an fine wine which is soft and fragrant, but it can dispel the cold air when it enters the throat at this time, Lu Tingyan raised his hand to wipe the wine stains on his lips, and smiled lightly.

The voice was self-deprecating, and there was a gloomy flash in the eyes.

"Your Highness will always be Your Highness, and Lu Tingyan is not a villain who doesn't keep his word."

When he said this, he stared at the wine bag in his hand, and his downcast eyes made it difficult to see clearly.

Huo Changying's brows moved slightly, and just as she was about to speak, she heard a slightly flustered voice in her mind.

——"Yingying, it's not good, the sky has changed!"

As if to confirm the unreal words, before the words fell, billows of sand and dust billowed up from the sky, covering the sky and covering the sun, as if a giant beast roared and swept towards them at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Is it a black sandstorm? !

Even in the year when he lived in the desert with his master, no matter the weather or the terrain, it is impossible for a sandstorm to occur today.

And there is no evil spirit in the air.

"quick!"

Thinking for only a moment, Lu Tingyan threw away the wine bag in his hand, pulled Huo Changying up and ran towards the camp, he said loudly: "I heard from the veteran in the military town that when there is a sandstorm in the desert, you should hide behind the camel ,quick!"

Huo Changying also came to his senses at this time, he didn't care about being exposed, he quickly squeezed his hand, and slapped Lu Tingyan on the back with his backhand, and the two returned to the camp in an instant.

"Master, Your Highness!" Xiao Duo was looking for him like crazy, and felt at ease when he saw that he was safe, so he hurriedly protected him in front of him, and asked in a low voice: "This sandstorm is so strange, is it something evil?"

Huo Changying shook his head and was about to speak when he heard the illusory guide yelling for everyone to hide behind the camels, but they knew that the camels in the team could not protect everyone.

The roar was approaching, and the huge storm made people unable to open their eyes. In the panic, Huan Huan turned to look at Huo Changying, signaling with his eyes.

Huo Changying and Huanhuan quickly squeezed their hands together, drawing a huge barrier in the air, almost instantly isolating all storms from the invisible barrier.

And at the next moment, the yellow sand roared from the sky, and the black shadow like a giant beast covered the sky instantly under the hood!

The huge force of the storm rolled up the undissipated heat wave in the desert, and even the enchantment could not completely block it.

"Yingying!" Huanhuan's voice was anxious and weak: "I can't hold it anymore."

Huo Changying focused on circulating the true energy in his body, and before he could finish his words, he felt the power supporting one side of the barrier suddenly weaken, and it was about to collapse. Glancing from the corner of his eye, he saw the dead wood being swept towards that place by the strong wind .

The soldiers in the barrier didn't know why they were still alive at this time, but the situation in front of them didn't allow them to think much.

Xiao Bing was shivering and curled up tightly with his comrades, "I, I don't want to die yet."

"To shut up!"

Lu Tingyan's face was also pale and dignified at this time, he looked up at the dark sky above, as if there was an invisible barrier sheltering them, he could even hear the sound of gravel hitting the wall.

But as the sound of "咚咚咚" became louder, he clearly felt that the power supporting the terrifying sandstorm was weakening, and the invisible wall was getting lower and lower, as if the sky would collapse in the next moment, taking them Buried alive.

And the gap in the invisible wall was pulled bigger and bigger by the sandstorm, and the strong wind was carrying coarse yellow sand that was afraid of hitting people's faces. Lu Tingyan looked back subconsciously, but suddenly his mind went blank, and the blood in his whole body seemed to be frozen .

Not far away, a huge object in the rolling yellow sand was hitting them quickly...

"Run!"

The corporal chief held on tightly to the youngest soldier, and raised his hand to pull Tian Qi, who was skinny and tender, when he saw a horrifying scene in front of him, but what he shouted was drowned in the strong wind.

"Chief Wu!"

Just as Xiao Bing mustered up the courage to open his eyes, the dead wood as thick as five or six people hugging each other in the heavy yellow sand quickly magnified in his pupils, "Ah—?"

The terrified cry changed its tone before it fell. The next moment, the sandstorm and dead trees in the eyes of the soldier disappeared suddenly, replaced by shady green trees, gurgling streams, and chirping birds could even be heard in the ears. There is still half a desert in the desert. of despair.

He rubbed his eyes vigorously, then looked around, and saw that everyone was here, some of them looked around in the same astonishment as him, and some still hugged the camel tightly and refused to open their eyes. He also looked at everything around him with suspicion.

"Wu, Chief Wu, have we arrived in hell? Oops!" Xiao Bing touched the back of his head after being slapped, a little hesitant, obviously not yet recovered: "Otherwise, can we still go to the Western Paradise? ..."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

The corporal glared at Xiao Bing, "How can anyone curse themselves."

But he was also puzzled by the current situation. While talking, both of them couldn't help looking up at Tian Qi who was usually well-informed.

Lu Tingyan was frowning and looking at the sky. The sky was clear and cloudless, but the sun was not visible. Just as he was thinking about it, he felt his sleeves being pulled off. He looked down and saw a group of people squatting beside the camels. They all cast questioning glances at him, as if waiting for him to give them a satisfactory explanation.

He felt helpless, "Wait..." Just as he was about to say something comforting, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a person in the distance from the corner of his eye. Found the figure of His Royal Highness and the guide.

As for General Xiao, standing with his sword in his arms at this moment, his brows and eyes were full of vigilance and worry.

"Baby, I did my best."

The wind was raging, and the yellow sand was flying. Huo Changying could only see a flaming figure rushing from the sandstorm. He hurriedly raised his hand to catch the phantom that had turned into a prototype due to the exhaustion of spiritual power.

Just when the enchantment was broken, Huanhuan used all her spiritual power to pull everyone into her illusion, barely avoiding the crisis of being wiped out by the sandstorm.

Huo Changying comforted Huan Huan, and said softly: "Thanks to our Huan Huan, you have done a good job."

Hearing this, the weak Huanhuan rubbed the back of Huo Changying's hand with his fluffy cheek, and then obediently got into Huo Changying's monster hunting bag.

If this bag is not cursed, it is the most common universe bag.

The wind howled and the yellow sand raged.

In the vast desert, a world was split by the barrier. Huo Changying looked up at the sky, and the sun was setting, but there was still nothing unusual. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and quickly counted in his hands, but suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye.

His heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but chase after the figure.

The figure walked quickly, and the robes were about to melt into the yellow sand in the next moment. This made Huo Changying anxious, so he couldn't help speeding up his steps.

And the figure seemed to be leading him forward, but he was anxious, stopping from time to time to see if he was following.

"Master..." Huo Changying paused, the behavior of the person in front of him made him more sure of his conjecture, "Master!"

Huo Changying shouted loudly, but the figure in front of him didn't intend to stop, and even walked faster.

He hurriedly chased after him. Although he had experienced several lives, his family and him were just vague shadows in these years. Whether it was the indifferent royal family in the previous life or the parents in this life, they could be called family members for him. Only Master and A Duo were there.

A Duo and him are lovers and lifelong companions.

But the master and him are like father and mother.

He wanted to ask about his life experience, why his master suddenly disappeared two years ago, he wanted to ask...

"Master!"

Huo Changying ran after him desperately, and was about to touch Master's robe, but suddenly, the corner of the robe that he caught in his hand disappeared into the air like sand in the wind.

"Master..." Huo Changying murmured, suddenly felt a pain in his back, and he was overjoyed, but when he turned his head, he saw a whisk hanging in the air, and saw that he swung it up and down flexibly. very proud.

"..." Huo Changying was a little speechless: "Master, you old man still likes to play with such silly things. Oh, I was wrong, Master!"

Seeing that the whisk was flying high as if he was about to whip him again, Huo Changying hurriedly begged for mercy, "Master, I was wrong, and this apprentice is stupid. Can you explain exactly what you want to do?"

The fly whisk wobbled twice, and Huo Changying's forehead twitched. He could imagine his master stroking his beard and saying "the secret of heaven must not be revealed".

However, the whisk shook for a while, and slowly fell one step away. Huo Changying walked over to pick up the whisk, but suddenly caught a glimpse of something strange under the whisk. Pulling it apart, Huo Changying slowly frowned after seeing clearly what was buried under the sand.

And the gust of wind gradually stopped at this moment...

The Golden Crow sinks to the west, and the Guanghan begins to appear.

The bluish-white moonlight fell on the vast desert, like a scattered sea of ​​stars, and no one could tell what kind of black sandstorm that annihilated the world had experienced here.

As the smoke rose, all the soldiers rested and started the stove, singing and chatting about the wonders they saw today. Then His Highness said that they encountered the legendary mirage. No wonder they saw green trees in the desert. When they wanted to recall the details carefully, they found that they couldn't remember clearly, and they all regarded it as an adventure in the desert.

At the edge of the crowd, Lu Tingyan was looking at a place in a daze. Under the moonlight, a dead tree half-hidden a thick dead tree, as if five or six people were hugging each other. It looked like it was inserted obliquely into the soil.

A scene suddenly flashed in his mind, Lu Tingyan was startled, but he couldn't remember it even if he tried to capture it.

Is it really just an illusion?

"Brother Tian!" Xiao Bing ran over with a huff and panted, "The corporal chief is cooking, let me tell you to go back to eat... What are you looking at?"

Lu Tingyan came back to his senses in a daze, pulled up the little soldier and walked back to change the subject, saying, "Hurry up, the scones will be gone if it's late!"

The little soldier was interrupted by him, and he put aside the curiosity in his heart, "That's right! Let's go!" Then he ran away first.

Lu Tingyan fell behind, subconsciously stopped and looked back, and saw a gust of wind blowing by, the sand billows rolled, and suddenly the exposed dead wood was submerged by the yellow sand, and when he looked carefully, there was not even a trace, not even a trace. Everything today is like a strange dream in the desert.

Many secrets have been submerged layer by layer in the sea of ​​sand, but maybe one day, those swallowed secrets will reappear with the joys and sorrows of the past.

"Your Highness, General!" Zhao Cheng stepped forward and reported, "I have been ordered to search around, but there is only yellow sand and nothing else."

Xiao Duo nodded, Zhao Cheng took a step back knowingly and waited.

"Confirmed?"

Looking at the corpse on the stretcher, Huo Changying still couldn't believe it. He didn't know if it was a fluke, or he was stunned by the dust, "Is this really, Brother Sapphire?"

Buried alone in the yellow sand, the body has long since disappeared, only white bones remain.

Is this the secret that Master led him to find?

Xiao Duo nodded, waved his hands to order the guards to retreat, then knelt down and slowly lifted the sackcloth covering the corpse, saying: "Brother Lan Yu had a bone injury in his right hand when he was young, and this dagger..."

He paused as he spoke, as if he wanted to take out the dagger tightly held in the corpse's hand, only to find that even though there were only bones left in that hand, he was still holding the dagger tightly.

A thought suddenly flashed through Huo Changying's mind, and he tentatively asked, "This dagger could not be..."

Xiao Duo, who was silent, nodded, "My sister gave it to Brother Lan Yu when we first met. Since then, he has regarded it as a treasure and never lost it."

It was said that Huo Changying's eye circles were red. Although his childhood memories were blurred, he still vaguely remembered that he was a gentle and patient man who didn't talk much.

At that time, he and Xiao Duo were often beaten by Xiao Qiluo, Xiao Qiluo didn't know how to measure when he was young, sometimes even if it was their fault, it would be a torn wound, and every time at this time, Big Brother Sapphire would come out and stop him with a smile, Coaxing Xiao Qiluo and comforting them.

And this kind of person, after making great contributions to the great Yin, could not even keep the shroud of horse leather, and was buried alone in the vast desert away from his original homeland, and he still had to bear the infamy.

"I still remember." After a long time, Xiao Duo finally said, "At that time I thought you were gone, so I wanted to go to the battlefield every day, but at that time I was not careful in martial arts and unstable. If Your Majesty really granted my request, I would There is no going back."

"Father and sister have tried to persuade me, but I can't listen to it. Even His Majesty said that if I had a half-brother-in-law, he would agree,"

"At that time, my brother-in-law asked me 'why do I want to go to the battlefield', and I said that my son was determined to make achievements in the battlefield, but he just smiled and said nothing. Later, I asked my brother-in-law to compete with me, but failed several times..."

As Xiao Duo said, it seemed that he had returned to the school field many years ago. On that day, the sun was scorching and he was sweating profusely.

During another round of competition, Lan Yu suddenly stopped her gun, reined in her horse and asked earnestly, "Xiao Duo, why are you going to the battlefield?"

He froze for a moment, Changying's immature smiling face flashed in front of his eyes, but he just said: "Make meritorious deeds!"

Sapphire smiled, as if she had expected him to say this, before he could recover, he turned sullen and swung the silver spear in his hand, before he made a single move, he was picked off the horse again.

At that time, his heart was already as dead as ashes, and the wish of having a baby was actually just an excuse for him to seek death.

"You just remember,"

Xiao Duo was lying on the ground, looking indifferently at the silver gun that was close at hand, and listening to Lan Yu's words: "A man fights on the battlefield to defend his family and country, but whose spirit in heaven can you comfort with what you are doing now?!"

Hearing that Xiao Duo was struck by lightning, when he came back to his senses, Lan Yu had already driven his horse away, and there were already dots of stars in the sky.

"From that day on, I'm no longer confused." Xiao Duo took a deep breath, slowly covered the sackcloth covering the corpse, and brought Huo Changying back to the big tent, "Brother Lan Yu helped me a lot."

Huo Changying, who was listening quietly, couldn't help but shed tears in the end, he knew that A Duo had a will to die at that time.

There was no one in the tent, Xiao Duo stood up and took Huo Changying into his arms, patted his back to comfort him.

Huo Changying felt sorry for A Duo, was afraid, and was sad for Brother Sapphire and Eldest Sister, so he hugged A Duo back with all his strength.

The two stood quietly for a while, and Huo Changying asked, "What happened six years ago?"

Xiao Duo shook his head, and said in a low voice: "I also know the inside story, but six years ago, no one expected that just a small group of enemy troops would invade and nearly wipe out the whole army of Da Yin."

"After returning to the city, my sister had not yet recovered from the grief of losing her husband when she received the news that Brother Lanyu was impeached for collaborating with the enemy. She never expected that Lanyu, who was desperately defending the last line of defense on the border, would be killed by someone. Impeachment..." At this point, Xiao Duo frowned.

Huo Changying also thought of something, he and Xiao Duo looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts.

He turned his head to look at the Great Yin map hanging in the big tent, and said slowly: "It seems that this account is about to be settled now."

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【Small Theater - New Year's Eve】

On New Year's Eve, Yong'an City.

With the sound of firecrackers, Yongan lights up.

Great Yin has a tradition of vigil, so even at midnight, the city of Yong'an is full of people, hustle and bustle, and there is joy and reunion everywhere.

Chongrenfang, the mansion of the Duke of Jin.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, the juniors had to watch the night, but the long night was long, and sitting face to face was too boring, so that they could find some fun to pass the time.

back kitchen.

Lan Nianjun is currently padding his feet on the small bench, kneading a piece of dough with his soft hands.

"So it's so difficult to do it by yourself." He glanced at Ah Fei, who was obediently on the side, his face flushed slightly, "But I still want to make cakes for my mother, uncle and aunt."

Lan Nianjun's face was covered with flour that he didn't know how to smear on, and his little face became more and more cute.

Ah Fei raised his head to look at it, and accidentally became obsessed with it, and the melon seeds in his hand fell with a clatter.

Why is his little fairy so beautiful!

Ah Fei just looked up at Lan Nianjun obsessively, his little paws hugged together, and the small eyes of Heidou were curved like crescent moons.

Seeing him like this, Lan Nianjun was happy in his heart, but for some reason, he had some thoughts of bullying little Ah Fei. He curled his fingers and scratched Ah Fei's fluffy little head.

Ah Fei's rumpled hair was covered with flour, and he shook his mustache blankly.

After untold hardships, the pastry was put on the basket, and after a while, the fragrance of the pastry came out of the basket.

The stove is very high, Lan Nianjun moved two benches to stack up, stood on it and swayed a few times, finally stabilized his figure. He raised his hand to open the steamer, but he didn't expect the steam to be hot, he subconsciously flinched He fought back, but the movement was too fast, the already unstable stool shook twice, and fell straight backward.

Little fairy!

Ah Fei was anxious in his heart, he only felt that there was something gathering from his limbs to his dantian, and before he could think about it, his body had rushed out vigorously.

And on the other side, Xiao Nianjun, who was unable to protect himself by stabilizing the shaking cage, fell to the ground, and felt a soft little body that was no taller than his own as a cushion under him...

【Little Theater】

adulthood...

Ah Fei (raises his head triumphantly and pinches his waist for a while): I am a hero who saves the beauty!

Nian Jun (smiling): Good boy, it’s Xiao Ah Fei who bravely rescued his relatives and old Gong

Ah Fei (suddenly blushes)

Thank you for the "what's the name so that it won't be taken up" little angel's grenade, it's the first time in my life I received it, the scumbag author was flattered, so I can only hug it~~